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Last week I asked students to find their favorite  Native American artist, and four students  really came through! ATCs were given to  John-Luc , Tavia , Hunter , and Morgan , four young artists who are well on their way to winning some very cool art prizes at the end of the semester!  If there was a special prize for best drawing of a kachina , it would definitely go to Morgan! She did the most amazing drawing of a kachina that I've ever seen! Great work! Students in our Drawing and Painting and  Drawing and Printmaking classes all had fun with scratch art this past week! Just like magic, they put their wooden stylus' to the scratch art paper, and revealed wonderful artwork through the process of "taking away." There were many more works than you see here,  but (sadly) my camera shots were mostly a little blurry.  This gives you a really good idea, though, of the  talented artists who attend HSC!  Explorations in Art (I and II) students began work on some small sc

Quite a few students participated in the web challenge last week, and I'd like to take a moment to recognize them before recapping the work we did in class. Special thanks to: Valencia , John-Luc , Hunter , Parker , Morgan , Tavia ,  Keith , Delaney , and Ivy !   Each of you found your favorite Canadian artist. Great work!  Drawing and Painting students finished their modern masterpieces this past week, and I'm sure you'll agree that these photos were worth waiting for! We learned a lot about the artists' work we copied. Each brush stroke, each decision about placement, and each color choice opened a window on that artist's mind.  While this wasn't necessarily an easy exercise, it was very rewarding when finished!  In Explorations in Art (4th-6th), River finished a magnificent work that he's been laboring over for the past several weeks. It's a pencil on paper work which he calls Nighttime Jazz (below) . He's proven that talent, patience, dedication

Before we review last week's work, I'd like to give a hearty thank you to the students who participated in our first web challenge of this semester! They correctly identified  Pablo Picasso's The Actor   as the work of art that was recently damaged while on exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art . Great Work, Roman, Diego, Morgan, John-Luc, Hunter, and Parker! In Fiber Arts class this past week, we wove beautiful paper (compliments of Miss Elona!  Thanks, Miss Elona! ) into heart-shaped baskets. This particular project was really quite tricky, but each student eventually mastered the technique and walked out of class with a gorgeous work of art! In Drawing and Printmaking class,  we used stencils to create cards and prints,  and had a whole bunch of fun in the process!  We also  used decorative-edged scissors to play with  positive vs. negative space and got some interesting results! Students had so much fun, in fact, that we decided (in an overwhelming vote of majo

Mr. Klausing's Art Classes Painting I The monochromatic watercolor self-portrait is due Thursday, February 18th. If you have had extended absences during the time we've worked on these, please talk to Mr. Klausing about arranging a new due date for your painting project. Remember, the grading criteria for the monochromatic self-portrait. They are: - Quality of Drawing/Likeness - Use of Value Contrast in Painting - Craftsmanship/Control and use of Watercolor Techniques - Detail/Complexity/Difficulty of Challenge - Neatness and Presentation of Project All students need to provide a high-contrast photo for their next watercolor activity- Lift-Off Painting in Watercolor. Students should have these photos with them when they come to class on Tuesday, February 16th. Students will also be doing a reading activity from the ARTFORMS textbook which will cover the background and history of various painting techniques. This activity will be done in

Well, life is hectic and I haven't had a chance to post in a couple of weeks...I apologize. What we've been up to... Foundations of Drawing: Foundations of Drawing has been continuing to work with contour lines. Contour line drawings are drawings that defy the outer and inner line by prohibiting lifting of the pencil. In other words contour line drawings teach you to view all lines as significant, forcing the artist to focus on detail. This is important because many people tend to focus on just the outline or just the obvious lines...well, not in my class! Creative Hands Project: We began a project using sign language letters to guide our drawing. Each student chose a series of words or a phrase, perhaps even their name, to sign with one hand. With the other hand they were asked to draw a contour line drawing of their own hand. Again this was used to practice focusing on detail by forcing the artist to look back and forth between the object and the paper. Rubric: 1. Student dem

In Fiber Arts class, we learned all about the history of Kente cloth , and its significance among the Asante (Ashanti) people of Ghana. For instance, we discovered that there are many different patterns of Kente , and that each pattern has its own specific meaning. Also, Kente was originally woven only for royalty, but now it's use is widespread. Authentic Kente cloth is often named for a proverb, or story, and so each young artist was challenged to create a name for their own (unique!) Kente cloth. They were encouraged to think about the pattern and story of their "cloth" while picking the order of the "weft" (horizontal) weaving pieces. This being a particularly creative group of artists, they did not disappoint! Though some of the students are still thinking about  how to title their Kente weavings, several young fiber artists knew immediately what titles would best fit their work.  For instance, our Tuesday weavers came up with . . . Valencia: "He Who

Hi, Kids! If you've come back to see the coming week's web challenge, I owe you an apology. I'm sorry! I neglected to hand out the information about our virtual classroom to the new art students. Just to keep it fair, we'll start the challenges after the coming week's classes. Okay? Great! See you in class! Miss Robin

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